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- The temple contribution, with which the public sacrifices were bought (Ex. 30:13; 2 Chr. 24:6), consisted of one common shekel, or a sanctuary half-shekel, equal to two Attic drachmas. The coin, a stater (q.v.), which Peter found in the fish's mouth paid this contribution for both him and Christ (Matt. 17:24, 27).
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Six gold shekels, according to the later Jewish system, were equal in value to fifty silver ones. The temple contribution, with which the public sacrifices were bought (Exodus 30:13; 2 Chronicles 24:6), consisted of one common shekel, or a sanctuary half-shekel, equal to two Attic drachmas.
Jul 22, 2008 · When God revealed the plans for the tabernacle to Moses, He established a half-shekel tax on all Israelite males aged twenty and older as a ransom to redeem their lives and pay for the upkeep of the sanctuary (Ex. 30:11–16).
The shekel as a unit of currency is known as early as the second millennium BCE when it is recorded in the Bible that Abraham negotiated the purchase of a field "and a cave that was therein," at Machpela in Hebron.
In his account Josephus tries to harmonize the biblical narrative and the desideratum – that is, the inclination to base the half-shekel tax of his own day on a regulation that was issued, as it were, by Moses in the desert.
- J. Liver
- 1963
Jun 14, 2016 · Remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth. (Deuteronomy 8:18) If God enables us to attain wealth, it must be a blessing. Scripture is full of examples of godly rich people — such as the patriarchs, Job, David, Solomon and Joseph of Arimathea, among others.
Six gold shekels, according to the later Jewish system, were equal in value to fifty silver ones. The temple contribution, with which the public sacrifices were bought ( Ex. 30:13; 2 Chr. 24:6 ), consisted of one common shekel, or a sanctuary half-shekel, equal to two Attic drachmas.
Apr 23, 2024 · Israel is important to us as Christians because we see that God’s chosen people were not better than us because they were more religious. We are not less than them because we are not Israelites.
